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Does the paradox go away if we set U(death) = -∞ utilons (making any increase in the chance of dying in the next hour impossible to overcome)? Does that introduce worse problems?
However, this doesn't describe people's actual utility functions- people crossing the road shows they're willing to take a small risk of death for other rewards.